Telstra honours top performing Aussie partners

Telstra has honoured its top performing partners across the channel
in Australia, recognising excellence from a host of emerging and
established businesses.

Revealed on the eve of Telstra Vantage 2017
in Melbourne, VMtech, Resolution Technology and Leap Consulting were
the big winners on the night, taking home enterprise, business and
emerging partner honours respectively.

From a distribution
perspective, TBS Distribution claimed the top prize, with Insite
Communications honoured as a standout International partner and Telarus
as the leading US master agent during the past 12 months.

“Our
indirect channel is a high priority for Telstra Enterprise as we look at
new ways to serve our customers and to accelerate the growth of our
Enterprise business,” Telstra Enterprise global indirect channels
director, Nevash Pillay, said.

“Last night we were thrilled to
recognise some standout achievements from our channel partners. The
nominees have all demonstrated outstanding sales performance and growth
in FY17, a focus on customer advocacy and strong alignment to Telstra’s
strategy and values,” she said.

The awards highlight the expansion of Telstra’s ecosystem of partners
across the country, with 1STEP Communications, Diversus Group,
Schepisi, Secure Agility and Vita Enterprise Solutions finalists within
the enterprise category.

Meanwhile, Exigo Tech, Jasco Consulting,
JB HI-FI, Star21 and TBC Box Hill made the shortlist in the business
category, while BNW Consulting, Cloud9 Consulting, Insentra, OutcomeX
and Total Secure were recognised across the emerging award.

Winners of the Telstra Annual Partner of the Year Awards 2017 are as follows –